Gifted
10/7/15
Logline: A thirty year old man attempts to continue raising his deceased sister’s seven year old daughter, a kid-genius, while battling his own mother for custody.
Production Company(s): FilmNation
Director(s): Marc Webb
Producer(s): Karen Lunder, Andy Cohen
Cast: Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer, McKenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan
Writer(s): Tom FlynnSSN Insight:Webb is also directing and executive producing
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
to be seen on the CW. He’s also currently attached to the films Age of Rage, How to Catch a Russian Spy
and
The Only Living Boy in New York, all in development.

Nocturnal Animals
10/6/15
Logline: Susan receives a manuscript from her ex-husband, and reading it causes her recall her first marriage and confront some dark truths about herself.
Studio/Distributor(s): Focus Features, Focus Features
Production Company(s): Fade to Black Productions
Director(s): Tom Ford
Producer(s): Tom Ford, Robert Salerno, Diane Sabatini
Cast: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Shannon, Kim Basinger
Writer(s): Tom Ford
Details: Based on the novel “Tony and Susan” written by Austin Wright and published by Baskerville Publishers in 1993.SSN Insight:Project was previously in development at Smokehouse Pictures with George Clooney and Grant Heslov attached to produce. Focus Features and Universal Pictures International secured the rights at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival in a reportedly $20 Million deal, marking one of the biggest deal in Cannes history.

Three Days in August
10/5/15
Logline: A woman who was given up for adoption searches for her birth parents.
Production Company(s): Ubiquimedia
Director(s): Johnathan Brownlee
Executive Producer(s): Shannon Kincaid, Allen Stringer, David Kiger
Producer(s): Johnathan Brownlee, Adam Donaghey
Cast: Barry Bostwick, Mariette Hartley, Edward James Hyland, Mollie Milligan, Meg Foster
Writer(s): Chad Berry, David LanglinaisSSN Insight:Marks the directorial feature debut for Johnathan Brownlee and the first feature for Ubiquimedia.

Running Wild
10/3/15
Logline: A widow works with convicts to rehabilitate a herd of wild horses that wandered on to her ranch.
Production Company(s): ESX Entertainment
Director(s): Alex Ranarivelo
Producer(s): Ali Afshar, Forrest Lucas
Cast: Sharon Stone, Dorian Brown, Jason Lewis, Tommy J Flanagan
Writer(s): Brian Rudnick, Christina MooreSSN Insight:New studio ESX’s film slate includes social issue drama
The Wrong Side Of Right
with Lea Thompson, coming-of-age story The Wizard
starring Jon Voight and Afshar’s Born To Race
franchise which includes a TV series.

SFv1
10/3/15
Logline: In the future when humanity live in interplanetary colonies, a drifter falls in love with a contractor who is trying to save his daughter from danger while avoiding a global crisis caused by his military contracting company.
Production Company(s): Storm Alley Entertainment, Eclectik Vision, Phonetic Images
Director(s): Shane Abbess
Producer(s): Brett Thornquest, Matthew Graham, Sidonie Abbene, Steven Matusko
Cast: Isabel Lucas, Luke Ford, Kellan Lutz, Daniel MacPherson, Teagan Croft
Writer(s): Shane AbbessSSN Insight:The film was shot in Sydney and the Australian Outback. Worldwide sales are being overseen by XYZ Films.